Frank, D-Mass., who chairs the House Financial Services Committee, toldreporters that the online gambling bill passed last fall was "one of thestupidest things I ever saw." "I want to get it undone. I plan to filelegislation," Barney said, explaining that he would lay out his plans in thenext couple of weeks but would not move […]
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Some casinos are already ringing up big bucks for their owners and moreslots parlors will soon join them. Now, one lawmaker wants non-profits toget a cut of the action by getting their own slot machines. As Erica Moffittreports, it's being called vital to the future of many of these communityorganizations. Hundreds of clubs like VFWs, […]
A new investigative article released earlier this week by Casino Gamblingrevealed a close link between Internet gambling and online day trading. Thearticle, written by Terry Goodwin, titled 'Legal Internet Gambling in theUS', was written to describe the almost identical characteristics of each ofthe two hobbies. Terry described how each industry is promoted in the sameway. […]
Horse racetrack owners in Illinois are lobbying hard for legislation thatwould allow slot machines and other electronic games at racetracks, sayingthe measure is needed to keep the struggling industry alive. Collinsville'sFairmount Park contends that in the competition to field quality racehorses, the state's five racetracks can't compete with out-of-state tracksthat subsidize their purses with revenue […]
Glenn Thompson, executive director of the anti-gambling group Stand Up forKansas, said that under the bill, future Legislatures could put video slotmachines in convenience stores, grocery stores and other places withouthaving to get voters' approval. "They could use this question later to placemachines at locations other than racetracks," Thompson said. Thompson isreferring to a part […]
About 30 residents attended a Legislative Brown Bag Forum at the RockIsland Depot Tuesday featuring State Representative Carl Holmes, StateSenator Steve Morris and State Senator Tim Huelskamp. Speaking first,Carl Holmes began his remarks talking about his recent placement onthe agriculture committee and general issues that the House ofRepresentatives has faced recently, including school finance, the […]
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An Assembly panel voted for a casino regulation measure that left out abusiness expansion amendment sought by a company that led the 2005 effort tolegalize hand-held, wireless gambling devices in Nevada. The JudiciaryCommittee voted on Monday for AB535, a bill sought by the state GamingControl Board, minus changes sought by Phil Flaherty of Cantor Fitzgerald […]
Sebelius plans to hold bill signings across the state to mark the event,according to a news release Monday. Sebelius will first sign the bill inWichita at 9:15 a.m., at Wichita's Mid-Continent Airport, then fly to DodgeCity where she'll hold a bill signing at 10:30. She will then visit TheWoodlands in Kansas City for another bill […]
As Gov. Kathleen Sebelius prepares to sign into law the casino and slotsbill, opponents of the legislation said Monday that it may contain hiddenprovisions to expand gambling even further. Glenn Thompson, executivedirector of the anti-gambling group Stand Up for Kansas, said that under thebill, future Legislatures could put video slot machines in conveniencestores, grocery stores […]
The Maine Legislature is now considering a citizen-initiated bill for amajor expansion of gambling in Maine. LD 805 will double the number of slotmachines in the state, allow the Passamaquoddy Tribe for the first time toconduct high-stakes beano off their reservation, and expand off-trackbetting. Instead of rejecting the bill and sending it to the voters […]
The U.S. doesn't mind the lottery, but when it comes to sports bettingacross interstate or international boundaries, all bets are off. Theyshouldn't be. ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA, former British colonies on the easternedge of the Caribbean Sea, are smaller than Los Angeles and less populousthan Burbank. Yet they may be able to force the world's most […]
Horse industry insiders have warned the state could lose part of the racingindustry's annual half-billion dollar impact if steps aren't taken tocompete with gambling in neighboring states. The call follows a reportreleased last week by the Rutgers Equine Science Center that found theindustry alone funnels $1.1 billion annually to the state's economy withracing bringing in […]
US authorities are investigating gambling in the virtual reality world ofSecond Life. The FBI has reportedly examined casinos that operate in thegame following a month-long crackdown on internet gambling. "We have invitedthe FBI several times to take a look around in Second Life and raise anyconcerns they would like, and we know of at least […]